Sacimata instructs all mothers of the world.

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CC Madhya lila 3.181 purport

 

It is a great happiness for a mother if her son does not leave home to

search out Krsna but remains with her. At the same time, if a son does not

search after Krsna but simply remains at home, he is certainly blamed by

experienced saintly persons. Such blame certainly causes great unhappiness

for a mother. If a real mother wants her son to progress spiritually, she

had better allow him to go out searching for Krsna. The mother naturally

desires the welfare of the son. If a mother does not allow her son to search

for Krsna, she is called ma, which indicates maya. By allowing her son to go

as a sannyasi and search for Krsna, Sacimata instructs all mothers of the

world. She indicates that all sons should become real devotees of Krsna and

should not stay at home under the care of an affectionate mother. This is

supported by Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.5.18):

gurur na sa syat sva-jano na sa syat

pita na sa syaj janani na sa syat

daivam na tat syan na patis ca sa syan

na mocayed yah samupeta-mrtyum

“No one should become a spiritual master—nor a relative, father, mother,

worshipable Deity or husband—if he cannot help a person escape the imminent

path of death.” Every living entity is wandering within the universe,

subjected to the law of karma and transmigrating from one body to another

and from one planet to another. Therefore the whole Vedic process is meant

to save the wandering living entities from the clutches of maya—birth,

death, disease and old age. This means stopping the cycle of birth and

death. This cycle can be stopped only if one worships Krsna. As the Lord

says in the Bhagavad-gita (4.9):

janma karma ca me divyam evam yo vetti tattvatah

tyaktva deham punar janma naiti mam eti so ’rjuna

“One who knows the transcendental nature of My appearance and activities

does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material

world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.”

To stop the cycle of birth and death, one has to understand Krsna as He is.

Simply by knowing Krsna, one can stop the process of rebirth into this

material world. By acting in Krsna consciousness, one can return to Godhead.

The highest perfection of life is for a father, mother, spiritual master,

husband or any other family member to help others return home, back to

Godhead. That is the most preferred welfare activity for the benefit of

relatives. Therefore, Sacimata, although the mother of Nimai Pandita, Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu, considered all the facts and decided to allow her son

to go out and search for Krsna. At the same time, she made some arrangements

in order that she might get news of all the activities of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu.